Sizing slides for digital signage or HDTV

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HillBilly

Could I get some tips on sizing the slides for display on large format
displays? When you display slides on an HDTV for example what size slide
have you used? Do you size the slide at 1920x1080 pixels to match the native
display of the HDTV for example?

Do you know of any forums where content developers discuss these issues?
 
I just want to get the hang of how the terminology equates to playback. If I
inted to display slides on a 1920x1080 HDTV and want the slide to fill the
entire display area I must literally size the slide at 1920x1080 dang what
my desktop screen resolution. yea or nea?
 
Attaboy Troy thank you but what do you imply when advising "...all graphics
should be created at full size..." are you implying height or width would
somehow be skewed during playback?

Once setting up the size of a slide qat 16"x9" for example and then laying
graphics on it should retain the fidelity of what is down during that
process should it not? And if I used 16"x9" as a guideline what has your
experience been during playback on a typical 1920x1080 HDTV? So yea, I'm
still inexperienced on this context :-)
 
It has to be the medication so we can skip the first question Troy because I
just read some more of your blog and I know what you mean by advising
"...all graphics should be created at full size..." still I'm inexperienced
on playback on 1920x1080 HDTV.

I've got access to a 1920x1080 HDVT intended for playback but no media
player or way to test playback using your advised 16"x9" slide. When I do
the first presentation I really want to ensure the slide fills the entire
display of the screen so there is no letterbox effect.

Is the resolution of my desktop going to be a factor that really distorts
what I think I am designing once the 16"x9" slide is played back on
1920x1080 HDTV? I'm imagining the slide will simply scale itself up to fill
the display of the HDTV.
 
That's good.

Steve Rindsberg said:
No. You must size the slide so that it's PROPORTIONAL to your display
area,
and your PC's display should be set to match the resolution of the HDTV.

19.2 x 10.8 inches, for example.



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Correct. If the slide is created at the aspect ratio of the playback screen
it will scale to fill screen. But this is based on your computer being able
to set itself to a widescreen (16x9) format - as example if your computer
monitor is a traditional 4x3 setup, the output would show black letterbox
bars. I would imagine this is not a problem for most computers now, but let
us know.

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Troy
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A MS powerPoint MVP
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